Galaxyland

Infobox Amusement park
name = Galaxyland


caption =Mindbender rollercoaster and UFO maze
location = West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton, Alberta
location2 = Canada
location3 = flagicon|Canada
opening_date = 1985
closing_date =
previous_names = Fantasyland
season = 365 Days a Year
area = 400,000 sq. ft.
(37,160 m²)
rides = 24
coasters = 4
owner = West Edmonton Mall Properties Inc.
slogan =
homepage = [http://www.westedmontonmall.com/play/galaxyland.asp WEM-Galaxyland]

Galaxyland is the world's largest indoor amusement park situated in the West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is home to the world's tallest (14 stories), and longest, indoor roller coaster, Mindbender. It is also home to the Space Shot, the world's tallest indoor tower ride (12 stories).

Rides

Beginner Rides

Decommissioned Rides

Controversy

Galaxyland was originally known as Fantasyland. However, the name Fantasyland was already used for one of the theme lands existing in Disneyland and other theme parks owned by the Walt Disney Company. A lawsuit eventually forced the mall's owners to change the park's name, though they were allowed to continue using the name "Fantasyland Hotel" for a hotel in the mall. Fantasyland became Galaxyland officially on July 1, 1995. This was celebrated with a new "space age" theme, and the arrival of the park's new mascot "Cosmo". But a lot of people were disappointed of the change to the theme. Most people thought that just changing the name would have kept the parks great rides. Since the change of theme from an outdoor park theme to a galaxy theme has caused lots of good rides and good scenery to be removed and new "LESS" exciting rides installed. However some classic rides still live on like the Swing of the Century and Mindbender.

References

External links

* [http://www.westedmontonmall.com/play/galaxyland.asp Official Galaxyland Website]
* [http://rcdb.com/pd40.htm Galaxyland Amusement Park] at the Roller Coaster DataBase